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Tourism strategies to support industry recovery and the use of technology and analytics to create resilience, took centre stage on the second afternoon of Arabian Travel Market’s virtual event, ATM Virtual. The ‘Bouncing back: tourism strategies for the future’ session, …

The winners of the inaugural African Travel Week Travel & Tourism Awards have been announced, shining a spotlight on exceptional individuals and businesses which have written the most compelling stories in the book of African travel for 2019/20. The Awards …

The European Commission has issued an official Recommendation on Refund Credit Notes (referred to as ‘vouchers’ in other countries) offered to customers as an alternative to cash refunds for cancelled package holidays. The Recommendation, which applies to the UK until …

The Algarve in southern Portugal will be open for tourists this summer and will welcome international visitors once travel restrictions are lifted. João Fernandes, president of Algarve Tourism, commented that the country was quick to adopt preventive measures and …

Mr. Dhanin Chearavanont, a billionaire and the Chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group, is requesting the government to slowly ease lockdown measures and start greeting the international tourists as soon as possible, and turn the country into a “safe haven” for wealthy …

From Thursday, the government of Egypt has kick-started its effort of examining hotels in resort cities with an intention to check their implementation of anti-COVID-19 measures and promptness to partially reopen for local tourists, according to local authorities. Government committees, formed …

At present, people all over the globe are fighting with the same question: will it be out of harm’s way to take a vacation this summer? The European Commission on yesterday has disclosed a tourism strategy planned to enthuse the …

Governments all over the world are all ready to bank on tourism to revitalize their economic slump which at the moment is their top priority. Even though all the eminent health experts have issued caution against the re-opening of the popular …

The Prime Minister of Iceland has announced plans for reopening the country’s borders for tourists by June 15. Iceland is planning to carry on free COVID-19 tests for travelers upon arrival at the airport. Those testing negative would be free …

France has announced measures worth 18 billion Euros ($19 billion) for supporting its tourism sector, which has been damaged by the coronavirus crisis, resulting shutdown of beaches, leisure attractions and hotels. In 2019, almost 90 million foreign tourists visited France, …

With countries like Vietnam and Cambodia gradually opening their borders to tourists, stakeholders in Andhra Pradesh travel and tourism industry are of the opinion that it is time to restart the market, which has come to a standstill due to the coronavirus …

Employers from across global tourism are taking proactive measures to support their workers and assist communities in which they operate. With the tourism sector facing an unprecedented challenge, the World Committee on Tourism Ethics (a subsidiary of the World Tourism Organization) has …

The European Commission has released guidelines regarding how its Member States can start easing coronavirus travel restrictions and encourage tourism revival. The Baltic States are creating a “travel bubble”. This would allow citizens to travel freely between them. New Zealand …

The Finland tourism board has launched a new virtual campaign, namely, “Rent a Finn” with the aim of introducing the Finnish ways of living to viewers who are currently quarantining by staying at home.

Employers from across global tourism are taking the lead in supporting their workers and helping the communities in which they operate, research carried out into the sector’s response to COVID-19 has found. As the sector faces up to an unprecedented …

Nashville Tourism sees a huge loss in travel industry Nashville, the capital city of U.S. state of Tennessee sees a huge loss in travel and tourism sector. Here the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation says that the COVID-19 shutdown has …